LYRIC defines new type names for integer, character, and floating point numbers.
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| | int8 | 8 bits signed integer |
| int16 | 16 bits signed integer |
| int32 | 32 bits signed integer |
| int64 | 64 bits signed integer |
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| | uint8 | 8 bits unsigned integer |
| uint16 | 16 bits unsigned integer |
| uint32 | 32 bits unsigned integer |
| uint64 | 64 bits unsigned integer |
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| | char8 | 8 bits character (unsigned) |
| char16 | 16 bits character (unsigned) |
| char32 | 32 bits character (unsigned) |
| char64 | 64 bits character (unsigned, maybe of use someday) |
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| | Size | Defined as size_t, 32 bits unsigned integer on most systems |
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| Table 6.1: | Types defined in Types.hpp |
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Definitions like BYTE, WORD, DWORD, etc, were intentionally omited. They only
introduce confusion, especially for beginers, who can never remember how many bits and
bytes data of these types represent. Plus, they are already defined in some development
packages (especially for Windows). Let’s name things by their name in LYRIC: the type
and the number of bits.
The Size type is extensively used everywhere a size must be given. It is also
the prefered type for indexes to reference container items. In LYRIC container
idexes start at 0 (zero) and are always positive numbers. Thus Size is very well
suited.